Convert JPG to PNG — with a transparent background
JPG files cannot have a transparent background, which is why logos saved as JPG show an ugly white box on coloured websites. This JPG to PNG converter converts your images to PNG and can remove the background at the same time: knock out white (or any colour) from logos and icons, or use the free AI cut-out for photos of people and products.
How to convert JPG to PNG
- Drop your JPG files.
- Choose: keep the background, remove a colour, or AI cut-out.
- Adjust edge smoothing so there is no white halo, and auto-trim empty space.
- Download the PNG files or copy a PNG straight to the clipboard.
JPG vs PNG
| JPG | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless |
| Best for | Photos | Logos, text, screenshots, graphics |
| File size | Small | Larger for photos |
Make a logo background transparent
Choose “Remove white”, raise the tolerance until the background disappears, and turn on edge smoothing. The small 256-colour PNG option makes logos and icons light enough for websites and email signatures.
Converting the other way? Use our PNG to JPG converter. For more formats use the image converter.
Three ways to convert
- 🖼 Keep as is: an exact PNG copy of your JPG — lossless from now on, but the background stays.
- ✨ Remove plain background: makes white (or any picked colour) transparent — perfect for logos and signatures on white paper. Pick the colour with 🎯 and adjust the tolerance.
- 🤖 AI cut-out: removes any background behind people, products or pets.
Clean edges
- Only the outer background: removes white around the logo but keeps white inside it, such as the white of an eye or letters.
- Clean edges: removes the light halo that JPG compression leaves around shapes.
- Soften: smooths the outline for photos.
- Trim empty space: crops away transparent borders and adds the padding you choose.
Example
A 400 × 300 logo on a white background converted with “Remove plain bg” became a PNG where 76% of the pixels are transparent — the logo can now sit on any colour.
Why PNG?
JPG can’t store transparency and loses a little quality each time it is saved. PNG keeps transparency and never loses quality, which is why logos, icons and signatures should be PNG.